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Julio Enciso's extremity was his 2nd successful the Premier League for BrightonTeenager Julio Enciso scored a stunning victor arsenic Brighton came from down to bushed Chelsea successful the Premier League successful Frank Lampard's archetypal location lucifer since being reappointed Blues manager.
Paraguayan guardant Enciso, 19, blasted into the apical country from 35 yards to assistance Brighton proceed their European qualification push.
Substitute Danny Welbeck had levelled astatine Stamford Bridge aft Conor Gallagher's deflected onslaught gave Chelsea a fortunate lead.
Brighton stay seventh successful the array and Chelsea 11th.
Enciso is Brighton's adjacent large thing
Enciso became the latest Brighton youngster to the deed the headlines arsenic their shrewd deals successful the transportation model proceed to assistance their thrust up the league table.
He joined for a reported £9.5m from Paraguayan nine Libertad Asuncion successful the summertime and has dilatory been bedded into the side.
He earlier deed a station from a choky space conscionable aft the restart with Welbeck incapable to prod location the rebound.
Brighton's arguable nonaccomplishment to Tottenham past Saturday ended their seven-match unbeaten run, but they dominated successful westbound London adjacent aft conceding the opener.
Teenager Evan Ferguson struck the crossbar successful the eighth minute, portion Kaoru Mitoma forced a superb debased prevention from Chelsea keeper Kepa Arrizabalaga midway done the archetypal half.
Worryingly for Brighton, the in-form Ferguson landed awkwardly connected an ankle aft his header was tipped implicit the barroom by Kepa.
He was replaced by Welbeck successful the 39th infinitesimal and 3 minutes aboriginal the erstwhile Manchester United and Arsenal striker deservedly headed Pascal Gross' heavy transverse successful disconnected the post.
Victory lifted Brighton to wrong a constituent of sixth-placed Aston Villa, having played 2 games fewer.
They look United successful the FA Cup semi-finals astatine Wembley connected 23 April.
Chelsea extremity end drought but inactive autumn to defeat
Chelsea's opener ended a tally of 4 games without a goal.
It was a fortunate onslaught excessively arsenic Gallagher's changeable deflected wickedly disconnected defender Lewis Dunk and wrong-footed Brighton keeper Robert Sanchez, backmost successful the squad arsenic a replacement for the injured Jason Steele.
Chelsea made six changes from their Champions League first-leg quarter-final nonaccomplishment to Real Madrid connected Wednesday and looked disjointed throughout.
Their champion accidental came astatine the extremity of the archetypal half, a Christian Pulisic header from adjacent scope striking the extracurricular of the post.
Sanchez did good to support retired Reece James' transverse and past Mykhailo Mudryk's follow-up aboriginal successful the 2nd fractional with the scores level.
Chelsea, who had ne'er mislaid a location lucifer to Brighton, find themselves 17 points disconnected the apical four, person to the relegation portion than the Champions League spots.
They look Real successful the 2nd limb connected Tuesday.
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Chelsea
Squad number1Player nameArrizabalaga
Squad number14Player nameChalobah
Squad number33Player nameFofana
Squad number4Player nameBadiashile
Squad number21Player nameChilwell
Squad number20Player nameZakaria
Squad number5Player nameFernández
Squad number10Player namePulisic
Squad number23Player nameGallagher
Squad number15Player nameMudryk
Squad number17Player nameSterling
Squad number8Player nameKovacic
Squad number11Player nameJoão Félix
Squad number19Player nameMount
Squad number22Player nameZiyech
Squad number24Player nameJames
Brighton & Hove Albion
Squad number1Player nameSánchez
Squad number34Player nameVeltman
Squad number4Player nameWebster
Squad number5Player nameDunk
Squad number30Player nameEstupiñán
Squad number13Player nameGroß
Squad number25Player nameCaicedo
Squad number7Player nameMarch
Squad number10Player nameMac Allister
Squad number22Player nameMitoma
Squad number28Player nameFerguson
Squad number18Player nameWelbeck
Squad number20Player nameEnciso
Squad number29Player namevan Hecke
Line-ups
Chelsea
Formation 4-2-3-1
- 1Arrizabalaga
- 14ChalobahBooked astatine 51mins
- 33FofanaSubstituted forJamesat 57'minutes
- 4Badiashile
- 21Chilwell
- 20ZakariaSubstituted forMountat 74'minutes
- 5FernándezSubstituted forKovacicat 57'minutes
- 10PulisicSubstituted forZiyechat 56'minutes
- 23GallagherBooked astatine 45mins
- 15Mudryk
- 17SterlingSubstituted forJoão Félixat 57'minutes
Substitutes
- 8Kovacic
- 9Aubameyang
- 11João Félix
- 16Mendy
- 19Mount
- 22Ziyech
- 24James
- 28Azpilicueta
- 32Cucurella
Brighton
Formation 4-2-3-1
- 1SánchezBooked astatine 77mins
- 34VeltmanBooked astatine 4minsSubstituted forEncisoat 28'minutes
- 4WebsterSubstituted forvan Heckeat 86'minutes
- 5Dunk
- 30Estupiñán
- 13Groß
- 25Caicedo
- 7March
- 10Mac Allister
- 22Mitoma
- 28FergusonSubstituted forWelbeckat 39'minutes
Substitutes
- 18Welbeck
- 20Enciso
- 21Undav
- 27Gilmour
- 29van Hecke
- 38McGill
- 40Buonanotte
- 42Offiah
- 49Moran
Referee:Robert Jones
Attendance:40,126
Live Text
Match ends, Chelsea 1, Brighton and Hove Albion 2.
Second Half ends, Chelsea 1, Brighton and Hove Albion 2.
Foul by Danny Welbeck (Brighton and Hove Albion).
Ben Chilwell (Chelsea) wins a escaped footwear successful the antiaircraft half.
Attempt saved. Pascal Groß (Brighton and Hove Albion) near footed changeable from the close broadside of the container is saved successful the bottommost close corner.
Attempt blocked. Danny Welbeck (Brighton and Hove Albion) near footed changeable from the close broadside of the container is blocked.
Corner, Brighton and Hove Albion. Conceded by Ben Chilwell.
Attempt missed. Mykhailo Mudryk (Chelsea) close footed changeable from extracurricular the container is conscionable a spot excessively high. Assisted by Ben Chilwell.
Corner, Chelsea. Conceded by Moisés Caicedo.
Foul by Pascal Groß (Brighton and Hove Albion).
Conor Gallagher (Chelsea) wins a escaped footwear connected the near wing.
Delay over. They are acceptable to continue.
Substitution, Brighton and Hove Albion. Jan Paul van Hecke replaces Adam Webster due to the fact that of an injury.
Delay successful lucifer due to the fact that of an wounded Adam Webster (Brighton and Hove Albion).
Lewis Dunk (Brighton and Hove Albion) wins a escaped footwear successful the antiaircraft half.
Foul by Hakim Ziyech (Chelsea).
Attempt missed. Mason Mount (Chelsea) close footed changeable from extracurricular the container is precocious and wide to the right.
Foul by Solly March (Brighton and Hove Albion).
Mason Mount (Chelsea) wins a escaped footwear successful the antiaircraft half.
Robert Sánchez (Brighton and Hove Albion) is shown the yellowish card.
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